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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-09-08 01:01:14 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-09-08 01:01:14 -0300 |
| commit | e5fd91f1ef340da553f7a79da9540c3db711c937 (patch) | |
| tree | b11842027dc6641da63f4bcc524f8678263304a3 /Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt | |
| parent | 2a9b0348e685a63d97486f6749622b61e9e3292f (diff) | |
Linux-libre 4.2-gnu
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt index 9132b8617..c1df8eba9 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ This file documents some of the kernel entries in -arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S. A lot of this explanation is adapted from +arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S. A lot of this explanation is adapted from an email from Ingo Molnar: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/<20110529191055.GC9835%40elte.hu> The x86 architecture has quite a few different ways to jump into kernel code. Most of these entry points are registered in -arch/x86/kernel/traps.c and implemented in arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S -for 64-bit, arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S for 32-bit and finally -arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S which implements the 32-bit compatibility +arch/x86/kernel/traps.c and implemented in arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +for 64-bit, arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S for 32-bit and finally +arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S which implements the 32-bit compatibility syscall entry points and thus provides for 32-bit processes the ability to execute syscalls when running on 64-bit kernels. @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ Some of these entries are: - system_call: syscall instruction from 64-bit code. - - ia32_syscall: int 0x80 from 32-bit or 64-bit code; compat syscall + - entry_INT80_compat: int 0x80 from 32-bit or 64-bit code; compat syscall either way. - - ia32_syscall, ia32_sysenter: syscall and sysenter from 32-bit + - entry_INT80_compat, ia32_sysenter: syscall and sysenter from 32-bit code - interrupt: An array of entries. Every IDT vector that doesn't |